The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

—Bertrand Russell

About Bertrand Russell

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English mathematician and philosopher. A founder of analytic philosophy, he was a leading philosopher of the 20th century who produced pioneering work in logic, set theory, and philosophy of language. Russell popularised philosophy to...

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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

—Bertrand Russell

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

—Bertrand Russell

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

—Bertrand Russell

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

—Bertrand Russell

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

—Bertrand Russell

More quotations tagged with “golf”

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.

Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at.

—Jimmy Demaret

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

—H. L. Mencken

Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.

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There's something intrinsically therapeutic about choosing to spend your time in a wide, open park- like setting that non-golfers can never truly understand.

—Charles Rosin

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